There were also many, and those of various kinds, of sweet spices, that belonged to the tabernacle, and such as were of very great price, and were brought to the golden altar of incense; the nature of which I do not now describe, lest it should be troublesome to my readers; but incense 19 was to be offered twice a-day, both before sun-rising and at sun-setting.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

It came, as I later discovered, not from an animal, as there is only one mammal on Mars and that one very rare indeed, but from a large plant which grows practically without water, but seems to distill its plentiful supply of milk from the products of the soil, the moisture of the air, and the rays of the sun.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

[See appendix D.]} Chapter 60 Speculations and Conclusions WE reached St. Paul, at the head of navigation of the Mississippi, and there our voyage of two thousand miles from New Orleans ended.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

Up, and all the morning at the office very busy, and at noon by coach to Westminster, to the ‘Chequer, about a warrant for Tangier money.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

“Nicolai Ardalionovitch!” said Lebedeff, in a most amiable tone of voice, addressing the boy.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

THE MASKED MARRIAGE (A Tale Of Venice) Gondola after gondola swept up to the marble steps, and left its lovely load to swell the brilliant throng that filled the stately halls of Count Adelon.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

He had taken up his abode in Gratz, where, living upon a mere pittance, which was all that remained to him of the once princely estates of his family, in Upper Styria, he devoted himself to the minute and laborious investigation of the marvelously authenticated tradition of Vampirism.
— from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Within the churchyard of many a town or village church, and usually attached to the church, stood a reclusorium, or anchor-hold, wherein a recluse, male or female, once resided.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

An actress would gladly have bought from her that movement and tone of voice.
— from The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Armando Palacio Valdés

There are also one or two pictures from the ancient mythology, as that of Venus and Mars in the invocation to the poem, and that of Pan—
— from The Roman Poets of the Republic, 2nd edition by W. Y. (William Young) Sellar

The stage, without scenery, was still in a transition state between the medieval and modern, and, to our view, almost unrealizably crude.
— from Tragedy by Ashley Horace Thorndike

Strange to say, in the absorbing agitation of the moment, all thought of Venetia had vanished; and it was when he had turned and beheld a maiden of the most exquisite beauty that his vision had ever lighted on, who had just risen from her seat and was at the moment saluting him, that he entirely lost his presence of mind; he turned scarlet, was quite silent, made an awkward bow, and then stood perfectly fixed.
— from Venetia by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The Lion of St. Mark : A Tale of Venice in the Fourteenth Century.
— from The Bondman: A New Saga by Caine, Hall, Sir

Napoleon, banished to St. Helena, was soon to die, and remain as a deathless memory amongst the old veterans of the armies he had led to victory.
— from The Story of the Highland Regiments by Frederick Watson

To make the contest more interesting for the cadets, Colonel Colby had authorized Captain Dale to put up six prizes; the first a gold medal, the second a silver medal, and the others various books of more or less value.
— from The Rover Boys Under Canvas; Or, The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine by Edward Stratemeyer

Then commenced the negotiation for a reconciliation with the parents, which was generally successful; as in many instances the female had been the secret lover of the young man, and the other villagers used to add their persuasion, in order to bring about a pacific solution.
— from Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. by A. A. (Andrew Archibald) Paton

Many a ton of valuable freight has been launched overboard there; and, indeed, all the approaches to Wilmington are paved as thickly with valuables as a certain place is said to be with good intentions.
— from The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner by J. (John) Wilkinson

I shall not leave Susanna in the house of an unmarried man; according to our views, it is improper.'
— from A Sister's Love: A Novel by W. Heimburg